Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, ...

Father Robert Prevost’s early years in Peru shaped his ministry and vision for the church—but few know the brutal reality he ...

The 1,050-square-foot home in Dolton, south Chicago, was bought by the Pope’s parents in 1949. They paid a monthly mortgage ...

Since white smoke billowed in May from the Sistine Chapel and Pope Leo XIV was elected Pope Francis' successor, the new ...

Rooted in community life, Pope Leo XIV’s vision of authority centers not on control but on teaching, sanctifying and ...

A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on ...

Leo will continue his predecessor's historic decision allowing priests to honor queer couples, though same-sex marriage remains forbidden.

Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of Prevost’s message to him.

ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and ...

Francis noted that in the novel, “everyone seems listless and passive, it seems obvious that the sick should be gotten rid of ...